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Offline Strip

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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #90 on: April 17, 2008, 07:50:58 PM »
One is a 2004 Corvette, the Viper mentioned above and the other is a Mobile from South Africa.

All three were on the Auto Bahn at one point and driven around Europe.

Obviously not stock but meet the speed/ cost requirement.

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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #91 on: April 18, 2008, 08:10:47 AM »
And they were 250 mph cars? They were registered in Europe or just visiting?
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #92 on: April 18, 2008, 08:40:15 AM »
Two of them were shipped over to Germany specially for the Auto Bahn and the other was a take over with a TOD assignment.

I dont know the specifics of being registered or not but all 3 are 250 mph cars measured by second sources.

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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #93 on: April 18, 2008, 09:05:52 AM »
So in other words they were not registered in Europe, but were in fact American registered cars visiting Europe.
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #94 on: April 18, 2008, 09:21:41 AM »
LOL! what a nitpick.
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« Reply #95 on: April 18, 2008, 09:25:45 AM »
Technicalities... The supercar moniker is an arbitrary name, and a vague one at that.  If it makes a gearhead or seasoned driver/pilot hard by virtue of its performance, it ought to qualify.  You can narrow down 'supercars' from the top of the list that satisfy that specification.
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #96 on: April 18, 2008, 09:26:03 AM »
Quote from: Mini D on April 18, 2008, 09:21:41 AM
LOL! what a nitpick.

Not at all. The whole point was that production cars like the Veyron must meet European standards and regulations. American custom cars do not.
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« Reply #97 on: April 18, 2008, 09:29:37 AM »
Quote from: moot on April 18, 2008, 09:25:45 AM
Technicalities... The supercar moniker is an arbitrary name, and a vague one at that.  If it makes a gearhead or seasoned driver/pilot hard by virtue of its performance, it ought to qualify.  You can narrow down 'supercars' from the top of the list that satisfy that specification.

If so then you devalue the term "supercar". Most Porsche cars are not supercars for instance. They are just luxury sports cars. Only the really expensive top end 911's and GT3 qualify as supercars. Exclusivity is as much a part of "supercarness" as performance and looks.
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #98 on: April 18, 2008, 12:53:29 PM »
ya.. it's a nitpick lumpy. It's a gross case of trying to be dismissive. 250 isn't some magical impossible to reach number that only 15 radiators can bring.
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #99 on: April 18, 2008, 01:27:36 PM »
Quote from: Mini D on April 18, 2008, 12:53:29 PM
ya.. it's a nitpick lumpy. It's a gross case of trying to be dismissive. 250 isn't some magical impossible to reach number that only 15 radiators can bring.

Hmmm, do top fuel dragsters even bother with a radiator? I don't neccessarily know why you would when you're only at max power for about 4 seconds, then the engine is rebuilt.
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« Reply #100 on: April 18, 2008, 02:53:05 PM »
For those who care thats only 600 revolutions at full power between overhauls.

Talk about maintence intensive!

IMHO 250 is just another number....in a few years it will be 275...then 300.

Anyone remember the engineers who said wheel driven vehicle would ever break 250 mph in the 1/4 mile?  Fast fact.....top fuels cars break 260mph in the 1/8 mile now.

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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #101 on: April 18, 2008, 04:43:01 PM »
The Veyron is a nice car.
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #102 on: April 19, 2008, 10:49:49 AM »
It is good that they made such a car.. It is good that hot rodders around the world make their cars too.

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« Reply #103 on: April 19, 2008, 10:39:23 PM »
Even if I could afford one of those ultra high end cars I wouldn't buy one. Not because I don't like them, but because I have modified every single vehicle I have ever owned, and I just don't see spending that kind of money and then changing everything I don't like about it.
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Re: Worlds fastest street legal car
« Reply #104 on: April 20, 2008, 12:26:05 AM »
Who needs something like that. I just personally like the way that the Aston Martin is styled.



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